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Teinoscope

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Teinoscope \Tei"no*scope\, n. [Gr. ? to extend + -scope.]
   (Physics)
   An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the
   chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of
   objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished;
   -- called also {prism telescope}. --Sir D. Brewster.
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